Improvement in cans for paint, liquids



" H. MILLER.

Dans for Paints, Liquids, 8L6.

No .136,085-'. P'atentedFeb.'"18,1873.

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PATENT OFFIoE.

HERMAN MILL'ER, OF NEW YORK, Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANS FOR PAINT, LIQUIDS, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1362085, dated February 18, 1873.

body of the can, whereby, while the contents {may be preserved from outside exposure, every facility is afforded for the repeated openin g and closing of the cans. The more particular object of the invention is to construct a can of the description specified, which shall present a wide mouth having an extended bearin g-surface for the lid, and the mouthiand lid be so constructed that they will be relieved from all liability to stick, and so that a small amount of cement will serve to hermetically seal the lid.

The invention is not only applicable to cans designed to hold paints mixed for use, but also various other fluid or semifluid subl stances which are liable to injury by exposure,

and require to be hermetically sealed or closed up after each use or partial extraction of the contents of the can.

In the accompanying drawing Figure lrepresents a side view of a can constructed in accordance with my improvement, having its lid closed and secured; Fig; 2, a sectional eleration of the upper portion of the can with its lid as in Fig. 1; andlFig. 3, a like view with the lid as being lifted from the body of the can.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i y

A is the body of the can, of cylindrical shape, and made with an interior groove, forming a hollow outside bead, 12, around it atsome little distance from the top edge of the can. The portion 0 of the body above this hollow head is made to contract inwardly from the bead upward, and of curved shape at its top. This. forms the mouth portion or terminal opening of the can, which the lid is required a to cover orfit over as a conicalvalve. To this end the lid B hasits rim (1 of a similar shape 'ing a perfect seal.

to the portion o, so as to freely but closely fit over said partio-throughout its entire depth; and the top of the lid is formedwith an annular groove, c,if1to which the top edge of the portion 0 enters, and" which forms'a stiffening that protects the mouth portion of the body from being dented or bent out of shape, the said I groove also serving to receive a small .-.portion of cement, into which the edge of the mouth i'ndents itself for the purpose of form- By the construction of the lid as described, and seat or mouth portion over which it'fits, the lid forms a close union when closed; throughout the whole depth of the mouth portion 0; but on commencing to open the lid, which is'a detached one and lifts off, it is immediately relieved from contact with the body of the can, thus obviating stickmg, and doing away with all ditiicultyin openin g the can; also facilitating the closing of the. same. To insure a perfect joint, and to prevent allrliability of sticking arising from corrosion of metal in contact with metal,-'I propose to smear the outside of the portionc or inside of the rim'of the lid, or both, with any suitable cement, which thus applied cannot drop into the contents of the can, and as thus applied but a small quantity of cement serves to hermetically close the joint. Projecting from the lower edge of the rim d of the lid are fasteningstrips 7, capable of passing over the bead b when the lid is closed, and of being bent in wartLtorhug or look under said'head, whereby the lid is secured when closed, but may be readily released by simply bending back oroutward said strips to clear the head when drawing ofl the lid. These strips may be made parts of the same piece or blank with the cover.

What is here claimed,and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

The lid B, constructed to fit as a conical valve over the mouth portionc'of the can, in combination with the groove e in the cover, substantially as shown and described.

HERMAN MILLER.

Witnesses:

MroHAEL RYAN, FRED. HAYNES. 

